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RICHARD ADLER (1921 - ) |
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Plays by Richard Adler |
Damn Yankees | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 05 May 1955 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House 1956 | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-3948 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (3948) 1955 | doollee no | #61709 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop ; From the novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" by Douglass Wallop | |||||
| The Washington Senators are not doing well - they have lost to the New York Yankees. Joe wishes he could help. He is heard by Mr Applegate who has a proposition for Joe | |||||
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Kwamina | ||
| 1st Produced: | 54th Street Theatre, New York | 23 Oct 1961 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | ang-64891 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (64891) 1961 | doollee no | #61710 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Robert Alan Aurthur and Richard Adler | |||||
| A West African village on the eve of independence for the country it is in. The chief is dangerously ill - the witch doctor can do nothing - but the white doctor - Eve Jordan - does save him. The chief's son Kwamina arrives from London he has studied to be a doctor. Ako and Naii are unhappy at his return Kwamina was betrothed to Naii at birth - but she has fallen in love with Ako. Kwamina goes to the hospital and causes a storm by going in through the Europeans only entrance. He and Eve quarrel over black rights. Naii and Ako run away. Eve and Kwamina fall in love. The runaways are brought back and the chief insists that his son and Naii marry. But he drops dead before anything can happen. The witch doctor insists that tribal custom be practiced - when a chief dies three others must also die and he had Naii and Ako killed much to the horror of Kwamina | |||||
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Mother's Kisses, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theatre, New Haven | 23 Sep 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: demo only 1968 | doollee no | #80725 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and lyrics by Richard Adler; book by Bruce Jay Friedman. Based on the novel "A Mother's Kisses" by Bruce Jay Friedman | |||||
| Joseph is 17 tall and gangly. His Mother wants to be there for him all the time - even going to college with him | |||||
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Pajama Game | ||
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 13 May 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House 1954 | ISBN/ASIN: | s-32606 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (32606) | doollee no | #61711 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Book by George Abbott, Richard Bissell; Lyrics by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross; Music by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross. based on the novel 71/2 cents by Richard Bissell | |||||
| about strained labour relations in a pajama factory | |||||
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